Brunner, J.L., and J.P. Collins. 2009 in press. Testing assumptions of the trade-off theory of the evolution of parasite virulence. Evolutionary Ecology Research.
Hemmingway, V., J.L. Brunner, L. Berger, and R. Speare. 2009 in press. Viral and bacterial diseases of amphibians. Chapter 2 in Heatwole, H., and J.W. Wilkinson, eds. Amphibian Decline: Diseases, Parasites, Maladies, and Pollution. Surrey Beatty Pty. Ltd., Baulkham Hills, NSW, Australia.
Keesing, F., J. Brunner, S.T. Duerr, M. Killilea, K. Logiudice, K. A. Schmidt, H. Vuong, and R. Ostfeld. 2009 in press. Hosts as ecological traps for the vector of Lyme disease. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences
Greer, A.L., D.M. Schock, J.L. Brunner, R.A. Johnson, A.M. Picco, S.D. Cashins, R.A. Alford, L.F. Skerratt, and J.P. Collins. 2009. Guidelines for the safe use of disposable gloves with amphibian larvae in light of pathogens and possible toxic effects. Herpetological Review, 40:145-147.
Greer, A.L., J.L. Brunner, and J.P. Collins. 2009. Spatial and temporal patterns of Ambystoma tigrinum virus (ATV) prevalence in tiger salamanders (Ambystoma tigrinum nebulosum). Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 85:1-6. [PDF]
Brunner, J.L. and R.S. Ostfeld. 2008. Multiple causes of variable tick burdens on small-mammal hosts. Ecology 89(8): 2259-2272. [PDF]
Brunner, J.L. K. LoGiudice, and R.S. Ostfeld. 2008. Estimating reservoir competence of Borrelia burgdorferi hosts: prevalence and infectivity, sensitivity and specificity. Journal of Medical Entomology 45(1): 139-147. [PDF] [Updated R code]
Brunner, J.L., D. M. Schock, and J. P. Collins. 2007. Transmission dynamics of the amphibian ranavirus Ambystoma tigrinum virus. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 77:87-95. [PDF]
Picco, A.M., J.L. Brunner, and J.P. Collins. 2007. Susceptibility of the endangered California tiger salamander, Ambystoma californiense, to ranavirus infection. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 43:286-290.
Brunner, J.L., K. Richards, and J.P. Collins. 2005. Dose and host characteristics influence virulence of ranavirus infections. Oecologia 144(3): 399-406. [PDF]
Collins, J.P., J.L. Brunner, J. Jancovich, and D.M. Schock. 2004. A model host-pathogen system for studying infectious disease dynamics in amphibians: tiger salamanders (Ambystoma tigrinum) and Ambystoma tigrinum virus. Herpetological Journal 14:195-200. [PDF]
Brunner, J.L., D.M. Schock, J.P. Collins, and E.W. Davidson. 2004. The role of an intraspecific reservoir in the persistence of a lethal ranavirus. Ecology 85(2): 560-566. [PDF]
Carey, C., D.F. Bradford, J.L. Brunner, J.P. Collins, E.W. Davidson, J.E. Longcore, M. Ouellet, A.P. Pessier, and D.M. Schock. 2003. Biotic factors in amphibian population declines. pp. 153-208. In: G. Linder, D.W. Sparling, and S.K. Krest, eds. Multiple stressors and declining amphibian populations: evaluating cause and effect. Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC), Pensacola, Florida.
Collins, J.P., J.L. Brunner, V. Miera, M. Parris, D. Schock, and A. Storfer. 2003. Ecology and evolution of infectious disease: pp. 137-151. In: R.D. Semlitsch, ed. Amphibian conservation. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C.
Davidson, E.W., M. Parris, J.P. Collins, J.E. Longcore, A. Pessier, and J.L. Brunner. 2003. Pathogenicity and transmission of Chytridiomycosis in tiger salamanders (Ambystoma tigrinum). Copeia 2003(3):601-607.
Last updated: October 2009